Tagged Permafrost

A new paper by top climate scientists suggests that the interaction of various climate feedback loops could make it impossible to stabilize at the 2-degree Celsius target outlined in the Paris agreement, accord...

After an unusually warm winter as a result of climate change, the Global Seed Vault, located inside a mountain within the Arctic circle, has faced a breach by waters from thawing permafrost. Though no seeds wer...

As permafrost melts as a result of climate change, ice that has been frozen for thousands of years may begin to release viruses and bacteria that human immune systems may be unprepared for. In August of last...

A new study, published in the journal Nature Climate Change, suggests that the global warming already anticipated by scientists could thaw much more permafrost than previously expected. Permafrost is frozen lan...

Skidaway Institute of Oceanography – Permafrost, submerged under the soil layers in the arctic region is now slowly releasing carbon into the atmosphere. Due to global warming, the ice on the soil surface has s...